Upcoming Predictions
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Cultured meat will free 25% of land used for ranching in North America by 2035. ( 30% confidence; 5 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Malgidus on 2013-03-27; known on 2036-01-01.
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By the end 2035, a major mathematical conjecture will be made by a computer with no substantial input from humans. ( 67% confidence; 5 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2015-02-09; known on 2036-01-01.
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Created by Philip_W on 2014-11-04; known on 2036-01-01.
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On my 45th birthday, I still won't have any child. ( 80% confidence )
Created by Tot on 2021-09-06; known on 2036-01-05.
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Computer Scientists obsolete ( 8% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-04-27; known on 2036-04-27.
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Ted Cruz will be linked to a sex scandal. ( 49% confidence; 3 wagers; 9 comments )
Created by two2thehead on 2016-07-16; known on 2036-07-17.
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A state will try to secede from the US in the next 25 years ( 12% confidence; 7 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2011-08-29; known on 2036-08-29.
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Within twenty (20) years there will be an option of grouping predictions on PredictionBook, and finding the average right to wrong ratio of them ( 68% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by two2thehead on 2016-10-07; known on 2036-10-07.
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Consensus will be that Koomey's Law no longer applies in 25 years. ( 56% confidence; 10 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2011-10-10; known on 2036-10-10.
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d309242507b92a022ce20a1f0079b8c3 paying < 300$/mo property tax ( 1% confidence )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-12-01; known on 2036-11-28.
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d309242507b92a022ce20a1f0079b8c3 is still alive ( 33% confidence )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-12-01; known on 2036-11-28.
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d309242507b92a022ce20a1f0079b8c3 is still in same house ( 5% confidence )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-12-01; known on 2036-11-28.
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d309242507b92a022ce20a1f0079b8c3 paying 5000$/mo in property tax ( 3% confidence )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-12-01; known on 2036-11-28.
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Openly atheist POTUS ( 22% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2017-10-06; known on 2036-12-31.
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Humanity still a thing in 2036 ( 89% confidence; 14 wagers; 8 comments )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-05-13; known on 2036-12-31.
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1.5 trillion $ in war tribute extracted from Iraq in oil “profit sharing” agreement to the US ( 22% confidence )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2017-01-25; known on 2037-01-01.
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by 2037, a devastating earthquake has hit the west coast of the United States ( 27% confidence; 2 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by gwern on 2010-09-27; known on 2037-01-01.
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“[In 2036, most] Companies that are currently large, debt-laden, listed on an exchange… and paying bonuses will be gone.” – Nassim Taleb (I interpret this less literally to large cap companies as usually structured now, 2010, based on context – NS) ( 23% confidence; 4 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by Nic_Smith on 2010-11-28; known on 2037-01-01.
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“[In 2036] The great top-down nation-state will be only cosmetically alive… The pre-modernist robust model of city-states… will prevail” — Nassim Taleb ( 24% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Nic_Smith on 2010-11-26; known on 2037-01-01.
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At least one commercial fusion reactor adding power to the grid by 2036. ( 35% confidence; 6 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2021-12-26; known on 2037-01-01.
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MDMA-mediated psychotherapy receives FDA approval in the next twenty years. ( 47% confidence; 5 wagers )
Created by NathanMcKnight on 2016-02-03; known on 2037-01-01.
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“Alzheimer's disease is fully curable” by 2037 ( 45% confidence; 6 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2011-05-27; known on 2037-01-01.
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Predictionbook gets taken over by prediction market fetishists(rule 34), most new predictions are of a sexual nature ( 46% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2017-04-13; known on 2037-01-01.
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Debian outlives Ubuntu as a project. Ubuntu 'ceases to exist' or 'gets bought out and no longer offers FLOSS OS' or 'ceases all development' while Debian remains active ( 53% confidence )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2017-04-08; known on 2037-01-02.
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Polygamy is legal in the UK (ie. Marriages between more than two people are permitted to take place within the country) ( 42% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by penten on 2017-01-03; known on 2037-01-03.
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Cannabis will be legalized throughout the USA. ( 78% confidence )
Created by said on 2009-11-18; known on 2037-08-31; judged wrong by COng on 2010-02-10.
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I will not smoke a (tobacco containing) cigarette for the next 25 years. ( 92% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Jayson Virissimo on 2012-09-07; known on 2037-09-07.
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I will not smoke a tobacco product for the next 25 years. ( 64% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-09-07; known on 2037-09-07.
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I am extradited to serve time in a US prison/black site ( 3% confidence )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2017-10-06; known on 2037-10-05.
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Within twenty (20) years there will be an option of seeing whether a Prediction Book user is banned or not ( 95% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by two2thehead on 2017-10-21; known on 2037-10-21.
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Until the end of 2037, at no point in time will a person elected or otherwise selected by a political party, other than the Republican and Democratic parties, hold the office of President of the United States. ( 67% confidence; 6 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Bruno Parga on 2016-04-09; known on 2037-12-31.
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Until the end of 2037, at no point in time will the Republican and Democratic parties combined have less than 96% of members of each of the House, Senate, governors and control of legislative chambers (non-partisan ones excluded). ( 61% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Bruno Parga on 2016-04-09; known on 2037-12-31.
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At least one large website (alexa 10k) or fortune-500 company's services will be disrupted by the Y38 problem ( 50% confidence; 6 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by jacobgreenleaf on 2021-09-22; known on 2038-01-21.
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In 25 years, infanticide will be legal in at least one U.S. state. ( 6% confidence; 8 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by RobertLumley on 2013-04-04; known on 2038-04-04.
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The year 2038 problem will be more interesting than y2k ( 39% confidence; 8 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Adam on 2008-07-18; known on 2038-07-18; judged unknown by anonym on 2009-11-07.
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It will be generally agreed that a meeting occurred between Trump and the Secret Service during 2016 August regarding his comments on the second amendment. ( 90% confidence; 5 comments )
Created by two2thehead on 2016-08-11; known on 2038-08-11.
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Runaway methane release from permafrost and other sources to result in near extinction or imminent extinction of humanity by August 15, 2038 ( 1% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2018-08-02; known on 2038-08-15.
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Todas las pwrsonas usaremos IA al menos una vez en su vida en Peru, segun Marcos ( 60% confidence )
Created by jhairguz.t@gmail.com on 2018-09-23; known on 2038-09-23.
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By 2038 0% of children will be underweight in Bharat. ( 25% confidence; 4 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-12-16; known on 2038-12-25.
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By 2038 less than 3.6% children under 5 will be underweight globally. ( 100% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-12-21; known on 2038-12-25.
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By 2038 stunting for under 5 children will be under 7.8% globally. ( 100% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by Raahul_Kumar on 2015-12-21; known on 2038-12-25.
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At least one current core researcher at MIRI will turn to terrorism in order to buy more time for MIRI/others to save humanity ( 21% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by playablecharacter on 2017-01-05; known on 2039-01-01.
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In 2038 the population of the US will be 2 billion, none of them illegal. -Moldbug ( 9% confidence; 14 wagers; 7 comments )
Created by Konkvistador on 2011-10-24; known on 2039-01-01.
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Humans will land on mars between 2030 and 2038. ( 39% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by pranomostro on 2018-09-25; known on 2039-01-01.
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Simon Cowell will be cryogenically stored. ( 18% confidence; 12 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by gwern on 2011-08-25; known on 2039-08-25.
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Someone will succeed at the IMO grand challenge (https://imo-grand-challenge.github.io) in the next 20 years. ( 47% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by krazemon on 2019-09-15; known on 2039-09-15.
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oil consumption will remain at or above current levels for at least 20 years ( 45% confidence; 6 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by kjaques on 2019-11-30; known on 2039-11-30.
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The First Domed City will exist before 2040. This will be the first above-ground structure since The third World War (WWIII). ( 5% confidence; 12 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by Harbinger1 on 2011-11-17; known on 2039-12-15.
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Human population will stabilize by 2040. ( 85% confidence )
Created by rejuvyesh on 2013-11-20; known on 2040-01-01.
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The U.S. Dollar will be less than 50% of global reserve currencies by 2040. ( 85% confidence )
Created by jacobgreenleaf on 2021-09-14; known on 2040-01-01.